Alba

I think few people have a name that fits them so well as Alba Baptista. “Alba” comes from the latin and it means “dawn”. In literature, “Alba” is a genre of Provençal poetry, that genre that made you wonder through stories of lovers who had to part ways at the dawn of a new day.

And when I had Alba Baptista in front of my lens, that’s kind of what I felt. A certain kind of beauty and purity that you can find in the fields, early in the morning, right before the sunrise.

But, let me go back to my first impressions of Alba…I believe I first noticed her on Instagram or maybe on tv, on some show. But she really caught my attention, when I watched the Portuguese tv series “Filha da Lei”. The whole series is great (among the Portuguese ones, it’s probably my favourite so far), with great performances, but the one that really stood out, IMHO, was Alba. After watching the series, Alba jumped to my list of “people I’d love to shoot one day” (no, I don’t have such a list, but you get the point).

And a few months later, we managed to match our schedules and get together. I would love to have recorded our conversation during the shooting and then transcript it here, to show you why I think Alba is so much more than a cute face. But we didn’t have that much time available, so we just went on talking and shooting.

Truth is, despite being so young, I believe Alba has an amazing potential. Yes, we can say that she’s still at an early stage of her career, but one has to consider also all the movies, tv series and soap operas on her resume, which together with her natural skills, can only make you wander about how far can she go? 🙂

As for the photos, Alba seems to be one of the sweetest souls I’ve recently met and I guess her face kind of shows that as well, or at least, that’s what I tried to capture. Scroll down and see for yourself.